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Stanley Clarke - Undercover Brother On The Run

During World War II, soldiers brought records over to Europe by artists like Robert Johnson, Howlin’ Wolf, Lead Belly, and others. Many of those vinyl LPs stuck around after combat in little poor towns, like Liverpool, where the Beatles are from. These albums provided the foundation for the British Invasion rock bands.

We’ve all heard of the British Invasion, right? That period in the 1960s when America was flooded with excellent rock bands... And how that movement lasted well into the ’70s with other bands like Led Zeppelin.

While the music is certainly the result of talent, skill, and hard work, it is also the result of these bands listening to American blues records.

As such, we wanted to showcase a list of old blues songs that would end up providing either the inspiration, foundation, or outright material for covers of tracks now made famous by the British Invasion bands and other now well loved groups.



Stanley Clarke - Undercover Brother On The Run
  • Release on: October 25, 2019
  • Genre: Jazz, Jazz Fusion
  • Released on: Undercover Brother 2 Original Motion Picture Soundtrack album

"Stanley Clarke is an American jazz musician and composer known for his innovative and influential work on double bass and electric bass as well as for his numerous film and television scores."

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